I realize farriers get paid for their work. However, the work is overflowing with love. What a beautiful human being to help this horse to the level of detail you did.
Well all you have to do is go over to other channels from China which purposely lets Donkey hoves go bad so they have Master Du look like he’s doing them a favor for views.
From a person who sadly lost my beloved mare Shade to laminitis this was such a wonderful video to watch just seeing this horse out of pain was such a beautiful sight to behold thank you for helping this beautiful horse and thank you for sharing the video I hope and pray it may help other horses suffering from this horrible disease ❤️🐴
I feel your pain, I left my beautiful QH gelding in the hands of a new farrier and he screwed his feet up, both front pedal bones rotated that bad no one at the time, 20 yrs ago, could help him, he was in too much pain. I wish this farrier was around then. I still miss him, his birthday was on the 9th this month. 😢
@@cherylbradbury4875 I feel your pain as well,only a true lover of horses and the friendship loyalty and love they return could feel our pain,I still think of my beloved friend Shade all the time because you know as I know a friendship like that can only be made once in a lifetime
The ending brought tears to my eyes. When she started walking towards the camera all confident and with a strut even…thank you for everything you do. You changed this beautiful girls whole life.
I’m so glad to see the horse’s pain reduced. But I would appreciate some explanation. What is wrong in a foundered foot? How does the big block help this? Why choose the materials and shape of the block? What will happen next for this horse? Will it heal?
I’m not a professional at all, but from my understanding, the problem with this horse’s hooves is that they’re shaped in a way that causes too much tension in the tendons at the back of the leg and the blocks are redirecting the weight forward. Think of it like the downward dog pose in yoga. It can be painful for your calves but as soon as you break the pose by lifting your heels off the ground, the pain stops since you’re not overextending your tendons and muscles anymore. Same concept here. And will it heal? Over time, I think it will. Without the ground wearing down the “heel” of the hoof, if you will, the farrier should be able to bring the shape of the hoof to what it should be.
@@auntvivienne8669 Thank you for this information. Now I can better understand what is happening with this horse. I had been wondering why wood was used. From watching cow hoof trimming videos, I know that those trimmers sometimes choose a wood block rather than a longer lasting plastic one so that it will naturally wear down to nothing over a few weeks. I’m guessing that the same is intended with this horse hoof block. As you say, the stressed tendons can slowly extend to a normal length over time. I hope that by the time the block wears away, the tendons have normalized and the horse will be pain-free.
Inside the horses hoof is a pedal ( pronounced pee dahl) or coffin bone... The pedal bone is suspended on a thin laminate or hammock, which depends on a good blood supply to keep it healthy. When that blood supply is interupted or the flow is not good, the laminate become inflamed and swollen which in turn, causes the floaty pedal bone to move in the wrong direction. Both the inflammation of laminae and rotation of the pedal bone is what causes so much pain that they prefer to not walk, hold their feet up, often alternating legs, or lie down for long periods of time(which causes other issues). In severe cases, or untreated cases, the pedal bone will actually break through the sole of the hoof, in which case, most are then euthanized. There are different attributes to why some horses founder (aka equine laminitis) while others in the very same environment do not. I think it's absolutely wonderful to see someone working outside the box!
The third explanation here about laminitis is what I used to know. The one from Aunt Viviane makes no sense and has nothing to do with foundering. Still nobody knows why the shoes work or how.
How on earth did you determine the different thicknesses of material under each foot and the slope you created for each clog? Surely this was science and not guessing! It is also interesting that each clog has a quite a different thicknesses and shape to the other. If this really works, without creating more/different damage then it is truly amazing. Can you make another video explaining why you made the clogs the way you did? It’s absolutely fascinating!
What a wonderful outcome for the poor horse and owner! I was almost in tears watching that poor baby try to walk. Thank you for your help! I am sure the owner is happier than I am. Great work!!
ive seen and experienced dozens of founder cases. ive had top notch farriers perform their magic. i have never seen anything like this. an ingenious approach with life changing result. congratulations sir. amen to you!
This thinking outside the box is going to save the lives of many of our equine friends from what historically was a death sentence. Bravo to you and thanku for sharing 💓
I’m not a farrier but I’m a carpenter, you can buy a deck screw with a finish head that will counter sink it’s self, and won’t be the head won’t be exposed. I hope this helps great job you improved the quality of life of this horse.
People who have NDE’s come back from Heaven and say God has horses everywhere there. In my humble opinion, when it is your turn, you are going to be right there with them. Thank you for being kind to them.
I am not a farrier, nevertheless I bought a special book for farriers/trimmers many years ago. After I have watched this and some similar videos I am sure that farriers from nowadays would be glad about a reprint!!!
Experimentation, intuition, mechanics, observation and the ability to solve the problem, excellent things to always keep available ❤❤❤. Sperimentazione, intuizione, meccanica, osservazione e capacità di risolvere il problema, ottime cose da tenere sempre a disposizione ❤❤❤.
this horse is walking on its toes, not wanting to put weight on the back of the hooves. Foundered horses normally are putting all the weight on the back of the hoof, painfull at the front. would love to see X-rays hete. This looks more like how abhorse with severe tendon problems or navicular joint problems would walk. Nice to see the horse feel so much better ofcourse
The horse is trying to keep the tendon from pulling on the coffin bone and making the rotation worse. The raised heels help keep that from happening and the rolled toe eases breakover. Much happier horse
I was thinking the same thing. I am a farrier and I've never seen a foundered horse walk like this. Usually they flip their feet forward and land on their heels.
This horse does have severe rotation. The toe first landing is because the heels had been trimmed off prior to us seeing the horse. It is a fairly common scenario.So yes, the issue does involve the deep flexor tendon.
This is truly miraculous! Yet, all I can think of is Forrest Gump: " Mama says they was my magic shoes. They could take me anywhere." What a life changer this is for that horse
I'm thinking she had bad, bilateral rotation of the coffin bones, possibly from foundering. Lifting the heels to put the coffin bones back into the correct alignment and giving her good, cushioned but supportive surfaces on her feet helped take away the pain. But I'm intrigued about how high you had her set up, unless it is just because that's the (wooden) material characteristics? Did you have to do this to her hind feet too? I couldn't tell very well. Wonderful to see her walk normally again.
Какая чудесная работа. Вы великий мастер. Как конь сначала неуверенно и осторожно шёл. А, потом..., чуть-ли не побежал... Низкий поклон.. Снимаю шляпу перед таким маст ерством... Решила пересмотреть ещё раз
That is remarkable! What a gift for that poor animal. Well done! Please, could you use a Microjig GRR-RIPPER on that bandsaw to spin the assembly for you. I am so worried for those thumbs of yours. Man!, they were close to that spinning blade. I was in a neighborhood woodworking shop when the shop instructor had to leave to go to the emergency room because he had just put a huge slice across his thumb using a bandsaw.
What a wonderful thing to do to help that poor horse! Please pardon my ignorance here, but how did the horse become foundered? And are these blocks a permanent thing or removed as the hooves grow out?
Founder, probably rotated coffin bone pressing in the front of a thinned sole. The blue stuff (dental impression material?) allows the weight to be carried by the heel/bars/ frog while the rim pad provides space for the front sole to not be weight-bearing, transferring the forward pressure to the hoof wall. The wedge pads give relief to the tendons, and the angle of the ground surface gives and easier break-over. - How'd I do?
The last bone of a horses leg is called the coffin bone. The coffin bone is a triangle shaped bone inside the horses hoof. If that bone begins rotate it is very painful for the horse and it's called "Founder". Founder is complex, some are unlucky and are more prone to founder. Founder can be caused by too high of sugar levels in the horses blood (kinda like type 2 diabetes in humans). The elevated sugars cause the insides of horses feet to swell and contract, this reduces blood flow to different parts of the hoof anatomy and causes rotation or changes to the coffin bone.
From other farriers I have watched, it appears to be dental impression material. It's there to support the frog and also make sure that nothing gets in under the shoe and festers
I’ve seen this done in a demonstration before. It’s amazing. What is the reason for two different heights on the clogs. It obviously is working, I’m curious as to why.
That work was great! What a difference! I don't know anything about horses so, is that kind of problem permanent? Is it some kind of disease or damage? Will the horse have to wear that kind of shoes for the rest of her life?
Sad because the race horse secretariat passed away from laminitis. He was 19. I believe it was chronic laminitis, which we sort of have medicines to help with but not cures.
